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Geography students recreate Maya ruins in Belize

Geography students use virtual reality to recreate Mayan ruins

4/24/18

Ancient Mayan civilization in Central America, which collapsed around 1,000 years ago, is being brought to life in a new Penn State project. Two doctoral students in geography, Jiawei Huang and Arif Masrur, have recreated the Mayan ruins of Cahal Pech, in Belize, using virtual reality.

Transparent metal films for smartphone, tablet and TV displays

4/24/18

A new material that is both highly transparent and electrically conductive could make large screen displays, smart windows and even touch screens and solar cells more affordable and efficient, according to a Penn State team of researchers led by Roman Engel-Herbert, associate professor of materia

Student and judge interacting

Undergraduate Exhibition wraps up record year

4/23/18

Hundreds of students and judges bustled about in the HUB-Robeson Center Wednesday evening for the 2018 Undergraduate Research Exhibition on the University Park campus of Penn State. From musical presentations in the Flex Theater to posters in Alumni and Heritage halls, the University's best were promoting the fruits of their academic and artistic pursuits.

Dye added to Black Moshannon Creek turned water bright green during a mock spill event

Students see green: Mock spill illustrates potential impact of wastewater leak

4/23/18

Local high school students participated in a mock spill event and learned what might happen if a truck carrying wastewater from a Marcellus Shale gas well crashed and spilled its contents. The students are part of TeenShale Network, an outreach and water quality monitoring project with Penn State researchers.

Dean Lee Kump

Academic excellence, service, and leadership of EMS faculty, students celebrated

4/19/18

The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) celebrated exceptional students and faculty for their academic excellence, service and leadership during its annual Wilson Awards Banquet held Sunday, April 15. The awards banquet is the college’s annual celebration of faculty and student accomplishments and is named in honor of Matthew and Anne Wilson, major benefactors of the college.

Muammar Mansor explores Frasassi Cave.

Deep Italian cave provides clues for how to detect life on Mars

4/17/18

What can a massive cave in Italy tell us about life on Mars and other planets? According to new research by Penn State scientists, a whole lot. In work published in Astrobiology, researchers identified biosignatures — or signs of the presence of life — about 1,300 feet below ground in the Frasassi Caves in central Italy.

Three women put out fire in barrel using firehose

Fighting fire with societal norms

4/17/18

Only 7 percent of the U.S. firefighter workforce is female, and they make $10,000 less than men, on average, even though they are the same average age. Penn State researcher Lorraine Dowler has spent the past decade interviewing women firefighters about their challenges and thinking about ways to improve opportunities for women.

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